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Web apps are key for wannabe iPhone developers

Steve Jobs's final "One Last Thing" announcement at the WWDC keynote today had to do with the iPhone. Instead of announcing a third-party developer kit like many thought he would, he encouraged the use of Web 2.0 and AJAX applications to be run entirely from the Safari browser (Which coincides nicely with the other announcement of a Windows version of Safari). Apple even demonstrated something called Apple Directory, a Safari Web application that lets you look up business contact cards. There's also a Google application that pulls up map and satellite imagery when a street … Read more

Safari: The iPhone platform, and the platform period

As reported separately, Apple is encouraging developers who want to create iPhone applications to simply write Web applications (served through Internet and perhaps also stored locally on the iPhone). As also reported on our sister site MacFixIt, Safari is now available for Windows.So, it looks like Safari is now the platform on which iPhone development will take place. In fact, analyzing the situation further, Safari may be a new platform in and of itself. By controlling the Safari code-base and the standards it supports, Apple can in effect build its now OS-agnostic browser into a full-blown platform with the … Read more

Tips for getting an iPhone at launch

Unless Apple announces a pre-order plan prior to launch, the iPhone will apparently follow in the footsteps of the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and other must-have gadgets that spawned long lines (hopefully with no rioting) as hopefuls amass at AT&T stores and Apple retail outlets to snag initial inventory. Here are a few tips for getting your best chance at a first-day buy:

Prepare to wait in line Some stores are taking waiting lists (see below), but most are sticking to the official policy of first come, first serve. Several AT&T/Cingular locations we spoke with … Read more

Steve Jobs on third-party iPhone development: Write web apps

Steve Jobs' recommendation to developers seeking to produce applications for the iPhone: write Web applications.Declining to announce any actual SDK for the iPhone, Apple told developers at the WWDC today that they should write robust "Web 2.0 applications" for the iPhone, making use of AJAX and other technologies. These applications will all run within Safari, but can (with the right development) mimic the look and feel of already extant iPhone applications.The Web applications will have the capability -- like any other Web page in the iPhone's Safari browser -- to access iPhone functions like … Read more

iPhone will ship June 29th at 6 PM

Apple has announced that the iPhone will (as previously announced) ship on June 29th, but has now also announced an exact hour on that date: 6 PM. We're not sure what this means yet for lines at AT&T and Apple stores, but stay tuned for further details.

Device makers getting hands-on time with iPhone in Cupertino

According to device manufacturers who wish to remain anonymous, Apple is providing hands-on time with production iPhone units at its Cupertino headquarters in advance of the June 29th launch. Though some accessory makers have made the dubious claim that they've obtained pre-production units for testing, sources strongly back the existence of intra-Apple testing sessions.

Meanwhile, some accessory manufacturers are having difficulty getting any access to the iPhone. A MarketWatch article quotes a spokeswoman for Griffin Technology thusly "While we've been in communication with [Apple], we haven't had a unit, so we've been at times blindly … Read more

Accessory maker claims iPhone chargers, cables tested on pre-production unit; skepticism

Though we haven't received word from any other manufacturers indicating shipment of iPhones for testing (some accessory makers are, apparently, being granted testing sessions at Apple's campus to ensure device compatibility), one is already claiming to have gotten its hands on a pre-production iPhone that it is testing in-house.

BoxWave, who is already marketing chargers, synchronization cables, and other accessories that would be impossible to produce without access to an actual iPhone, told us:

"Through our sources, we were able to get a pre-production model to get all the specs of the phone for us to design … Read more

Not all AT&T stores will carry iPhone at launch

In our persistent contact with local AT&T/Cingular outlets, we've learned that some locations will not be stocking the iPhone at launch. As such, you may want to contact stores in your before heading out on June 29th to determine availability. AT&T offers a "Find a Store" mechanism.

Developer: iPhone will lack video-out

It appears that the iPhone will lack the video-out capabilities of its fifth-generation iPod brethren, which sports S-video output.

Rebecca MacQuarrie, Global Marketing Manager at MyVu -- a company that makes an eye-wear display reliant on the iPod's video-out capability -- tells iPhone Atlas:

"We've been told by Apple that the iPhone will not initially have video-out capabilities so at this point, we will not introduce any iPhone specific products. However, we're hoping that future generations of the iPhone will work with myvu, at which point we'd love to market our personal media viewer … Read more